# This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [May 3, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/this-application-failed-to-start-because-no-qt-platform-plugin-could-be-initialized/29948 "2023-05-03T07:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lets\_all\_love\_Lain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b77776/32.png) [@Lets\_all\_love\_Lain](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Lets_all_love_Lain)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/this-application-failed-to-start-because-no-qt-platform-plugin-could-be-initialized/29948/1 "2023-05-03T07:29:09Z")
I followed the install instructions and get this error. Libxcb is installed. Anki starting… Initial setup… Running with temporary Qt5 compatibility shims. Run with DISABLE\_QT5\_COMPAT=1 to confirm compatibility with Qt6. Preparing to run… Wayland support is disabled by default due to bugs: https:/github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/1767 You can force it on with an env var: ANKI\_WAYLAND=1 File “”, line 1, in File “aqt”, line 489, in run File “aqt”, line 556, in \_run File “aqt.profiles”, line 131, in setupMeta File “aqt.profiles”, line 411, in \_loadMeta resetting corrupt \_global Qt debug: checking directory path “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms” … Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “xcb” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QXcbIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“xcb”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-egl.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-egl.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “wayland-egl” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QWaylandEglPlatformIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“wayland-egl”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-generic.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-generic.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “wayland” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QWaylandIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“wayland”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “vnc” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QVncIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“vnc”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqvkkhrdisplay.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqvkkhrdisplay.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “vkkhrdisplay” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QVkKhrDisplayIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“vkkhrdisplay”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqminimal.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqminimal.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “minimal” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QMinimalIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“minimal”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “offscreen” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QOffscreenIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“offscreen”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqlinuxfb.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqlinuxfb.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “linuxfb” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QLinuxFbIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“linuxfb”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqminimalegl.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqminimalegl.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “minimalegl” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QMinimalEglIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“minimalegl”) Qt debug: looking at “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqeglfs.so” Qt debug: Found metadata in lib /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqeglfs.so, metadata= { “IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”, “MetaData”: { “Keys”: [ “eglfs” ] }, “archlevel”: 1, “className”: “QEglFSIntegrationPlugin”, “debug”: false, “version”: 394496 } Qt debug: Got keys from plugin meta data QList(“eglfs”) Qt debug: checking directory path “/usr/local/share/anki/platforms” … Qt debug: “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so” cannot load: Cannot load library /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so: (libxcb-cursor.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) Qt debug: QLibraryPrivate::loadPlugin failed on “/usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so” : “Cannot load library /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so: (libxcb-cursor.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)” Qt info: Could not load the Qt platform plugin “xcb” in “” even though it was found. Qt fatal: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Available platform plugins are: xcb, wayland-egl, wayland, vnc, vkkhrdisplay, minimal, offscreen, linuxfb, minimalegl, eglfs. Aborted (core dumped) ---
**Author:** ![CarliN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@CarliN](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/CarliN)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/this-application-failed-to-start-because-no-qt-platform-plugin-could-be-initialized/29948/2 "2023-05-03T22:41:47Z")
I installed ANKI normally on my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS operating system and when starting ANKI it does not open, running through the terminal the following error appears in the terminal, I would like to know if anyone knows how to solve it Anki starting… Initial setup… Running with temporary Qt5 compatibility shims. Run with DISABLE\_QT5\_COMPAT=1 to confirm compatibility with Qt6. Preparing to run… File “”, line 1, in File “aqt”, line 489, in run File “aqt”, line 556, in \_run File “aqt.profiles”, line 131, in setupMeta File “aqt.profiles”, line 411, in \_loadMeta resetting corrupt \_global Qt info: Could not load the Qt platform plugin “xcb” in “” even though it was found. Qt fatal: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Available platform plugins are: linuxfb, wayland, xcb, vkkhrdisplay, eglfs, offscreen, vnc, minimalegl, wayland-egl, minimal. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/this-application-failed-to-start-because-no-qt-platform-plugin-could-be-initialized/29948/3 "2023-05-04T03:34:54Z")
> [@Lets\_all\_love\_Lain](#): > > /usr/local/share/anki/lib/PyQt6/Qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so: (libxcb-cursor.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)” You need to install libxcb-cursor0. ---
**Author:** ![gustavosmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@gustavosmen](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/gustavosmen)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/this-application-failed-to-start-because-no-qt-platform-plugin-could-be-initialized/29948/4 "2023-05-03T20:27:41Z")
In new ubuntu version, some packages has been removed, causing some errors: Qt info: Could not load the Qt platform plugin “xcb” in “” even though it was found. Qt fatal: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Available platform plugins are: eglfs, xcb, wayland, minimalegl, vnc, linuxfb, offscreen, minimal, wayland-egl, vkkhrdisplay. ---
**Author:** ![imranshah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@imranshah](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/imranshah)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/this-application-failed-to-start-because-no-qt-platform-plugin-could-be-initialized/29948/6 "2023-05-30T22:44:29Z")
thanks man worked for me ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/this-application-failed-to-start-because-no-qt-platform-plugin-could-be-initialized/29948/7 "2023-06-29T22:44:54Z")
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